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At 7:40 a.m. on March 4, 22 years of Israel, the commander of the front line of Kuancheng ...

Hu Jialin, who had not shaved his beard for many days, gave the order for all officers and men to withdraw to the second-line trenches in the south of the city, put on a steel helmet, and strode out of the rudimentary headquarters. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Outside the door, Hu Jialin stopped. Looking at the rising sun in the eastern sky gradually turning from red to white, he took a deep breath and strode towards the front-line observation post. The chief of the guard followed with more than a dozen brothers.

As soon as Hu Jialin left on the front foot, Huang Yingwu brought a few female reporters who couldn't get rid of him, and several female reporters who rushed to the gate of the headquarters stared blankly at Hu Jialin's tall back and went away, one by one, their eyes were full of reverence and curiosity, especially the delicate and graceful "Times" reporter Lang Qin, her eyes were full of yearning and intoxication, this young girl saw Hu Jialin for a few days, and was impressed by Hu Jialin's cold tough guy bearing, and suddenly understood what she had been praying for for many years in her heart.

"Chief of Staff Yang, you are

Ye Qing looked puzzled, and pointed to the generals who were busy packing up and preparing to evacuate.

Yang Guan was laughing at Lang Qin's gaffe, and when he heard this, he hurriedly turned to Ye Qing and explained: "It's about to retreat." The purpose of the operation has been achieved, and the two divisions and two brigades must all withdraw to the positions built in advance five kilometers south of Kuancheng City, otherwise the Japanese planes will bomb again, and the losses will not be ordinarily large. ”

Several female reporters looked at each other, looking very puzzled, and they all said that the independent division had already reached more than 20 kilometers to the north, and then it would be able to attack Pingquan in one go, so how could it suddenly retreat after the victory?

Ye Qing has been interviewing the military all year round and knows that there must be important reasons for this, especially with the bravery and excellent style of An Jiajun, there will never be any negative factors in it.

But before Ye Qing could ask, Yang Guan had already resigned, and this resourceful but very low-key chief of staff still had countless things to do.

Ye Qing saw this. I could only turn my head and ask Huang Yingwu, the party representative and political section chief who accompanied him: "Parrot, why did you retreat after victory?" Can you give some inside information? ”

Huang Yingwu didn't care about Ye Qing's nickname for him, vaguely Huang Yingwu guessed the subtle relationship between Ye Qing and An Yi, and they got along well with each other for many years, and their relationship was very good, Huang Yingwu had long regarded Ye Qing as his own person in his heart, as long as Ye Qing didn't ask about highly sensitive military secrets, he would answer all questions:

"This is the latest order from the command, and we must carry it out unconditionally. Again, judging from yesterday's large-scale air raid and bombing by Japanese fighters, in order to support their ground forces in attacking our positions, it is very likely that they will also bomb our positions again today, and now that the sun is high in the sky, it is estimated that locust-like Japanese fighters will soon arrive here. After days of hard fighting, only one-third of the planes of our aviation unit are now left, and nearly half of the pilots killed in the battle are unable to fight with small Japan in a short period of time, and they can only hide if they can't afford to provoke them

Ms. Zhou, a reporter from Ming Pao, asked worriedly: "General Huang, if Kuancheng falls, have you considered the huge impact?" You are not the Northeast Army, you are not a ragtag army, you are the most elite descendant of the Central Army, and you are the Anjia Army with outstanding military achievements and shouldering the ardent expectations of the people of the whole country! ”

Huang Yingwu patiently explained: "Everyone, please see, the wide city behind us has ten rooms and nine emptiness. Almost all the buildings were razed to the ground in yesterday's air raids, and the terrain was flat, there was no danger to defend, how many people were put in front of the Japanese planes to bomb it, at this time can we ignore the lives of more than 30,000 soldiers for the sake of a little false name and this ruin?

"Presumably, Miss Zhou and you have seen when you entered this place the day before yesterday, about five kilometers south of the city, the first line from Liangzi to Jiguan Mountain, and the engineering regiment of our army, which was urgently transferred, has been quietly constructing, and after the unremitting efforts of 2,200 soldiers for three days and three nights, a relatively stable defensive position has been completed, and this line of defense is five kilometers long. Tightly locked all the passages to the south of Kuancheng. We avoided the sharp spirit of the Japanese army and took a small step back, precisely in order to better destroy the living forces of the Japanese army, and not to make unnecessary sacrifices.

More importantly, Kuancheng is the flank barrier of Chengde and the first gate of several dangerous passes of the Great Wall. Will my An Jiajun give up so easily? ”

Several female reporters looked around at the decadent Kuancheng, and felt desolate in their hearts. They all nodded in understanding. Everyone knows that An Jiajun has never shown weakness to the enemy, and this time it suddenly made the decision to retreat. It is also to better strike at the enemy, because fools will see that the defensive positions in the south of the city are much superior to the current defensive positions in the middle and north of the city, both in terms of terrain and height.

At 8:50 a.m., just as many reporters entered a concealed and thick bunker in the middle of the southern position and pointed their fingers, more than 70 Japanese planes struck the sky over the Kuanchengchi area like locusts and launched wanton and indiscriminate bombardment of the 7-kilometer-long defensive positions in the three directions of the Kuancheng urban area and the north of the city.

At this time, the two brigades of the Independent Division, the 17th Division, and the two brigades of the Northeast Army had safely withdrawn to their existing positions, and only the new 1st Brigade where the Model Battalion was located was unable to withdraw because it was left behind, and the officers and men were still stranded on the front line in the north of the city.

Almost at the same moment, An Yi and the brothers in the Tangshan Headquarters in Beiping breathed a sigh of relief. The correct decision-making of the headquarters and Hu Jialin's efficient execution ability enabled more than 30,000 soldiers in Kuancheng to successfully avoid the large-scale bombardment of Japanese fighters, and what is even more gratifying is that the 5,000 soldiers of Gu Changfeng's department have finally escaped from the tiger's mouth and have successfully reached the mountainous area northeast of Dunhua controlled by Peng Zhenguo's department. The transport regiment directly under the headquarters collected more than 40 trucks from the two military stations in Langfang and Baoding, and a convoy of more than 10 trucks had already left for Miyun, and by the way, An Yi had sent the food and ammunition that had been additionally allocated to the Fifth Army at the request of the young marshal.

Lin Yaodong, the chief of the guard, hurriedly walked into the headquarters. Seeing the long-lost smile on An Yi's face, he was also very happy: "Commander, the quartermaster allocation meeting of the theater command is about to be held, the liaison officers of the Northeast Army, the Jin Sui Army and the Northwest Army have entered the conference hall next door, the young marshal's car has already driven downstairs, and General Ji Kuan and General Geng Guang asked their subordinates to urge the commander."

"Okay, I'll go

An Yi instructed Liu Qing to continue to maintain contact with the front-line departments, and ordered the staff team to continue to track the movements of the enemy and us, and there must be no slackness.

At 8:40, the Chengde front, the forward position of the Japanese army in Gejiazhuang.

The Seventh Independent Mixed Brigade Ishikawa Koichi Brigade Commander Station reads the latest Children's Day on the washing stream book and says that the novel is thrown off the umbrella. Also on the mountainside to the northwest, the Erqiu high-powered telescope repeatedly observed the Chengde defenders, and the brigade chief of staff Yoshiyoshi Miyazaki, the wing commander Junji Yomihara, and Yasuo Inoue stood behind. Late yesterday night, Shi Hao ordered all units to secretly advance the front by three kilometers, and the brigade headquarters also moved to Gejiazhuang, which was only five kilometers away from the positions of the defenders on the outskirts of Chengde.

Since the defeat of Pingquan and the three-way position in the northwest of Chengde, Ishikawa Koichi, who has made outstanding achievements, has not let his two wings and a cavalry brigade move once

Ask.

Since the Battle of Butterfly Gou, Koichi Ishikawa's outstanding command level and extraordinary temperament of calm and calm have established important authority in the 7th Independent Mixed Brigade, especially in the Battle of Hiraizumi. The brigade, led by Koichi Ishikawa, won a surprise victory, made a name for itself in the Kwantung Army, and was commended by the command and General Muto.

At this point, the 7th Independent Mixed Brigade, which had been repeatedly hit hard and demoralized, finally fully accepted Ishikawa Koichi and recognized his position as the commander of the brigade. Although the officers and men had in their arms the idea of making meritorious contributions and achieving immortal prestige, they were full of blood and energy, but they could not come forward to fight, and more than 5,400 officers and soldiers clamored all day long to forge ahead, take advantage of the victory to capture Chengde, but they could not move and held their restlessness. But he didn't dare to complain to Koichi Ishikawa.

It wasn't until last night that the remnants of Gu Changfeng's Anjia Army had been hit hard, the remaining more than 5,000 were tired and hungry, and the remnants of ammunition had been successfully surrounded by the three wings again.

Thinking about it carefully, everyone admired and appreciated it, and the headquarters was at the very edge of the entire front. Due to the terrain restrictions, an artillery brigade that had just been fully formed could only stay in the south of Pingquan City, and if it was not careful at this time, it was very likely to attract a sudden attack from the enemy and lose all its previous achievements.

Fortunately, the remnants of Gu Changfeng, the fearsome Anjia Army, were about to perish, and the Tang Yu and Lin Legions they faced were not the Anjia Army that stirred up the chickens and dogs in Liaoxi and brought painful memories to the two divisions and nearly ten wings.

Another ten minutes passed; Ishikawa Koaichi left the high-powered telescope held up with a stand, turned around and looked at the seven or eight of his subordinates one by one, and unexpectedly smiled rarely, and asked kindly, "Your lord's heart." I'm afraid they're all scorched by the desire to fight, right? ”

The officials laughed loudly, and the incomparably anticipated battle was just around the corner, and one of them quickly put away his smile and straightened his waist.

Koichi Ishikawa nodded with satisfaction: "I just appreciate your sharpness" Miyazaki-kun. You come to convey. ”

"Hey!"

Chief of Staff Miyazoyoshi raised his pointed head. A deep voice reported: "The enemy opposite our department is the weakest division of Tang Yulin's department, and the division commander is Tang Yulin's brother Tang Yufu, which nominally has a strength of 9,000 men, divided into two brigades and an artillery regiment. They have little combat experience and combat effectiveness, but they occupy a favorable terrain, and their weapons and equipment have been strengthened again half a month ago, and if our troops suddenly attack strongly, it will be possible to break through their defensive positions, or one of their four-kilometer positions, after a continuous fierce battle.

"It is expected that at the slightest breakthrough of its defenses, the enemy's confidence will collapse and the enemy's entire line of defense will crumble.

Ladies and gentlemen, the general attack on the third front of the three brigades of our army is just around the corner, and although we are facing a large number of enemies and the terrain is extremely complicated, the commander of the Ishi" brigade is full of confidence in you and encourages you to go all out and launch the most fierce attack on the enemy with the indomitable and valuable enterprising spirit of the Great Japanese Sixth Army, even at the greatest cost. Fight to the last person, and strive to become the first heroic unit to storm Chengde! ”

"Hi Yi"

The officials were excited, and their eyes were fierce.

Shi Hao nodded a little, and said calmly: "Before you leave, I will tell you a good news, the head of the intelligence section of the headquarters, Itagaki Jun, sent me a secret message in private an hour ago, only a short sentence, I want to let everyone share with me before the war, this sentence is: The enemy chief Tang Yulin has quietly left Chengde last night and retreated to Moping!" ”

The officials were shocked, and then they were overjoyed, and the co-captain Junji Choshihara simply howled like a beast, and one by one he took turns to bow in front of Shi "Koichi, infinitely grateful.

After sending off all the officials, Ishikawa Koichi instructed Miyagou to command the overall situation, and he took only two personal guards to the front line to supervise the battle.

At 9:10 a.m., more than 28,000 officers and men of the three brigades of the Japanese army, under the cover of artillery fire, launched a fierce attack on the defenders of Chengde from Longtangou in the east, Daxigou in the center, and Gejiazhuang in the west.

To the great shock of the Japanese army, the smoke of gunpowder had not cleared, and the attacking troops were still more than three kilometers away from the enemy's position, and all units of Tang Yulin's corps on the opposite side had invariably given up their defense. In great confusion, he turned and fled.

Koichi Ishikawa on the front line of Gejiazhuang stood on a high post. From afar, the officers and men of Tang Yu's auxiliary division abandoned their positions in a daze, fled frantically to the west, and were so shocked that they almost fell off the high post. He put away his binoculars and excitedly rushed down the high post. Leap onto the black horse and rush to the squadron of cavalry on the flanks ready to attack.

After a roar, one hundred and twenty-five horses followed closely behind Koichi Ishikawa and two guards who were rushing south, and struggled to leapfrog the officers and soldiers who rushed forward, and rushed to the enemy's position in the flying dust, and disappeared in an instant.

At ten o'clock in the morning on March 4, this was a time of shame that the squadron could not forget.

One hundred and twenty-eight cavalry of the 7th Independent Brigade of the Japanese Army. The first to rush into the north gate of Chengde, which no longer has a defender, and as far as the eye can see, all the panicked people are running around and hiding, wailing and shaking the sky. More than 30,000 officers and soldiers of Tang Yulin's Fifth Army. Without any resistance, the large quantities of food and ammunition supplied by the Anjia army were all gone, and the capital of Rehe Province, the most prosperous and important strategic place outside the Guan, fell in such a distressing and extremely hateful way.

Shi "Hao rode around the city, and finally climbed the South City Tower, slowly grabbed a handful of residual snow on the ancient green bricks, and gently pasted it on his hot face.

After carefully scrubbing away the dust, Ishikawa Ko'ichi Yao Yao guided the people who fled for their lives, looked up to the sky and sighed: The vast land of Shina is a gift from Amaterasu to the Great Japanese Empire, and such a generous gift is at your fingertips, if you don't take it, you will be damned!